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Council hears legal briefing on required ethics review board, signals preference for five‑member panel
Summary
City attorney substitute Alan Bojorquez advised council on options for implementing the charter‑required ethics review board, its limited jurisdiction (financial disclosures and conflicts), membership and procedure choices; council broadly signaled support for a five‑member board drawing from the city and ETJ and asked staff to return a draft ordinance.
Liberty Hill — The City Council spent an extended session reviewing legal choices for implementing an ethics review board required by the city charter, discussing membership size, qualification and disqualification standards, terms, quorum rules, and the board’s investigatory powers.
Alan Bojorquez of the Borges Law Firm (filling in for the city attorney) told council the charter limits the board’s jurisdiction…
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